Category Archives: Life in Switzerland

Can you read English? #joke

Posted on May 16, 2021 by lindahuber

This was originally going to be a post about books. However, we’ll leave that for next week when I can spill all my news at once, and instead, we’ll have a post about English. Specifically, reading English. A few weeks … Continue reading →

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Springtime in Switzerland… #SilentSunday

Posted on May 2, 2021 by lindahuber

We’ve had everything from snow to hot sunshine over the past few weeks. Here’s a selection of photos taken round about where I live, by lovely Lake Constance. Next week, we’re having the third last A-Z post – watch out … Continue reading →

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#Travel in Switzerland…

Posted on April 18, 2021 by lindahuber

Holidays abroad are going to be very hit or miss this year. Personally, I’m not planning on going anywhere too far from home. This could include going to another country – I can see two others from my flat as … Continue reading →

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How (not) to make your first podcast…

Posted on March 21, 2021 by lindahuber

Hobeck Books are very clued up about all things audio. They put out a podcast every week, with book news and chat, and an interview with someone in the book world – one of their writers, cover designers, or others … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus winter – hope hurts…

Posted on March 6, 2021 by lindahuber

Spring starts two weeks today, so we’re entering the final stages of this coronavirus winter. And it’s just over a year ago, on February 28th 2020, that the first restrictions here in Switzerland took hold – carnival balls and processions … Continue reading →

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Snow…

Posted on January 16, 2021 by lindahuber

On Thursday night, it started to snow. And it snowed and snowed and snowed, and by the time we got to Friday morning, it was, well, pretty snowy. We don’t often get this much ‘down’ here in N.E. Switzerland, so … Continue reading →

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(Almost) Silent Sunday…

Posted on January 9, 2021 by lindahuber

Cold January in one corner of N. E. Switzerland. A winter-empty whirlpool fountain, and the remains of a muted New Year celebration. A local hotel, locked down and waiting for customers. Beavers have been at work in the woods near … Continue reading →

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2020 – the year that was…

Posted on December 29, 2020 by lindahuber

Well. I usually give my New Year post the subheading: the best of times and the worst of times. But there wasn’t much about 2020 that was ‘best’, though we can sum up the lowlights of the past twelve months … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Autumn – “It all looks so normal…”

Posted on November 21, 2020 by lindahuber

At eleven o’clock last Monday I was in our local medical centre, waiting for the lift after my appointment. It arrived and I stepped in, then noticed a tiny elderly lady – she must have been well over eighty, if … Continue reading →

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New Book News – when fate lends a hand…

Posted on October 31, 2020 by lindahuber

It was sheer coincidence. A few weeks ago, I sat down at my pc one evening and opened up Facebook to see what was happening in the world according to my FB friends. First thing I saw was a post … Continue reading →

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